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Top secret : a handbook of codes, ciphers, and secret writing /

A handbook for the budding cryptographer including codes and ciphers, invisible inks, concealment techniques, spy stories and some history.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Janeczko, Paul B.
Other Authors: LaReau, Jenna (Illustrator)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, MA : Candlewick Press, 2004.
Edition:1st ed.
Subjects:
Cryptography > Juvenile literature.
Ciphers > Juvenile literature.
Cryptography.
Ciphers.
Table of Contents:
  • Nonsecret codes
  • book code
  • dictionary code
  • Codetalking
  • Pig Latin
  • Turkish Irish
  • Caesar cipher
  • St. Cyr slide
  • Keyboard cipher
  • Morse code
  • Semaphore
  • Pigpen cipher
  • Rosicrucian cipher
  • Date shift cipher
  • Greek square cipher
  • Greek skytale
  • Rail fence cipher
  • Route transposition cipher
  • Codebreaking
  • Early concealment techniques
  • Null cipher
  • Cardano grille
  • Word grille
  • Space code
  • Playing card code
  • Dot cipher
  • Line cipher
  • Zigzag cipher
  • Invisible inks.